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10 October 2015

Nehemiah 5

In this chapter, Nehemiah speaks against usury and demonstrates his own generosity.

First, he was horrified to see people selling their own children in order to buy food, and weighed down by interest payments to their fellow Jews. Then it's revealed that though he was entitled to tax the people for his livelihood, he decided instead to feed his household out of his own pocket.

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